Dr Matthew Meredith-Williams
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated student to undertake a fully funded PhD project in Environmental Archaeology reconstructing the Holocene palaeoenvironment of Port Phillip Bay, to investigate human-environment interactions.
Port Phillip Bay, on which Melbourne is located, has a complex history, with evidence for a late Holocene drying event within the last 2,800-1,000BP years, corroborated by local Aboriginal oral traditions that describe the bay as a former hunting ground (Holdgate et al. 2011). The project will involve analysis of sediment cores from the eastern flank of the bay that extent back to 14,000BP, with the aim of better understanding sea level fluctuations, palaeoecological change, and land management practices within the bay (for example Aboriginal fire management).
Environmental archaeology approaches such as the study of pollen and charcoal in the core, combined with geochronological techniques will be employed to investigate sea level change in the bay, vegetation change, and the role people played in managing the environment. There is scope for fieldwork, and to retrieve further cores to bolster the analysis. This research is respectfully carried out on Bunurong Country and funded by LXRP, and will be undertaken with full consultation of all stakeholders.
We are seeking a graduate with a strong academic record, previous experience in archaeology, geochronology and/or microscopy is desirable but not essential as training will be given.
This research is respectfully carried out on Bunurong Country and will be undertaken in consultation with all stakeholders.
This is a fully funded scholarship $28,392 per annum living expenses, and fees are waived.
Ideal start early 2021 - but negotiable due to Covid.
For more info and to apply: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships/la-trobe-university-industry-research-scholarship-lxrp-reconstructing-human-environment-interactions-in-holocene-port-phillip-bay
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